Sergio Marchionne, chief executive of Chrysler and Fiat, said today that the rescue of Chrysler by…
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Although his appearance suggests that he's a bureaucrat from one of the lesser known federal agencies mouldering in an obscure office park in Arlington, Va., Marchionne has all the attributes of an identity-changing comic book superhero: He can save falling apart car companies (we hope, for Chrysler's sake) in a single bound, he breathes cigarette smoke like a subterranean creature, and he drives an awesome car.

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Although we haven't yet seen his superhero suit, what you see could be it. It makes sense that someone who uses government money to save the day looks like a government worker.